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What remedies help with post Covid cough?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
So sorry to hear of your suffering. I too suffer from the after effects of covid pmeumoia with the 24/7 oxygen and coughing with cough drops. I use a nebulizer with albuterol and ipratropium-it helps to break the irritation that seems to make coughing worse. Hot drinks seem to help too but time and pulmonary rehab exercises have helped the most. I still have bad days and I`ve been home 6 weeks after 5+ months in hospital...2 months in icu. I have been learning from physical rehab how to strenthen my breathing muscles. Also I learned that I cough worse if my room is not cool . I wish they knew more about this ordeal but I have been slowly progressing so I know we can overcome this. I could hardly speak without coughing for months but it is better now. Today`s weather seems to make my coughing worse....I call it`trying to cough a lung up`. You are making progress with your oxygen which says something about your strenth. Please hang in there...some days you just have to believe it will get better.
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I’m sorry you’re having to go through all of that and it’s sad to hear about everyone’s suffering. You all have my sympathy and empathy. It’s more horrible than anyone healthy thinks. Im glad you’re getting better with the right treatment, though. It takes a long time, this is my 3rd year of it. Does the cold and damp make your cough worse? It does mine. I have a space heater I keep at home when the air is too cold and damp.
I had covid in the beginning, end of 2/20 and never coughed so much in my life. Couldn’t catch my breath because I was coughing so much. For months it was on and off after coughing 24/7 all the time for 3. I couldn’t talk without coughing either, Then it got worse and I developed pneumonia 7 months after getting covid. I also had to get a new pacemaker last year as it effected my heart block. This virus is evil. This virus is hell.
I had the original one and no one knew anything in those days. No testing was available yet..much gaslighting… No long hospitalization except for mostly er visits and a few days at the beginning when they didn’t know what was wrong with me. . Did have a bronchoscopy. It was viral so antibiotics would not have helped. You will never forget in your life how sick you are/were. My Dr gave me some good cough medication with hydrocodone in it which worked really well and I drank a lot of tea. I’m still short of breath even now when I walk. Everyone should get a chest CT because covid lung abnormalities do not always show on an X-ray. Mine didn’t and my lungs partially collapsed from coughing so much but funny, my 02 was ok. My lungs still are partially collapsed and there’s scarring. My nebulizer medication definitely helps me. I have to use it if I exert myself. Still lost 75% of my sense of smell. This is not the way we want to live and we will get better!
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Welcome @covidsufferer. After spending 2 months in ICU, there's a lot of recovery required. You seem to be patient with yourself. Is this something you've had to learn? Do you have a good support system of family and health care professionals?